Request Syntax URI Request Parameters Request Body Response Syntax Response Elements Errors See Also

TestInvokeAuthorizer

Simulate the execution of an Authorizer in your RestApi with headers, parameters, and an incoming request body.

Request Syntax


POST /restapis/restapi_id/authorizers/authorizer_id HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json

{
   "additionalContext": { 
      "string" : "string" 
   },
   "body": "string",
   "headers": { 
      "string" : "string" 
   },
   "multiValueHeaders": { 
      "string" : [ "string" ]
   },
   "pathWithQueryString": "string",
   "stageVariables": { 
      "string" : "string" 
   }
}

URI Request Parameters

The request uses the following URI parameters.

authorizer_id

Specifies a test invoke authorizer request's Authorizer ID.

Required: Yes

restapi_id

The string identifier of the associated RestApi.

Required: Yes

Request Body

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

additionalContext

A key-value map of additional context variables.

Type: String to string map

Required: No

body

The simulated request body of an incoming invocation request.

Type: String

Required: No

headers

A key-value map of headers to simulate an incoming invocation request. This is where the incoming authorization token, or identity source, should be specified.

Type: String to string map

Required: No

multiValueHeaders

The headers as a map from string to list of values to simulate an incoming invocation request. This is where the incoming authorization token, or identity source, may be specified.

Type: String to array of strings map

Required: No

pathWithQueryString

The URI path, including query string, of the simulated invocation request. Use this to specify path parameters and query string parameters.

Type: String

Required: No

stageVariables

A key-value map of stage variables to simulate an invocation on a deployed Stage.

Type: String to string map

Required: No

Response Syntax


HTTP/1.1 200
Content-type: application/json

{
   "authorization": { 
      "string" : [ "string" ]
   },
   "claims": { 
      "string" : "string" 
   },
   "clientStatus": number,
   "latency": number,
   "log": "string",
   "policy": "string",
   "principalId": "string"
}

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

authorization

The authorization response.

Type: String to array of strings map

claims

The open identity claims, with any supported custom attributes, returned from the Cognito Your User Pool configured for the API.

Type: String to string map

clientStatus

The HTTP status code that the client would have received. Value is 0 if the authorizer succeeded.

Type: Integer

latency

The execution latency, in ms, of the test authorizer request.

Type: Long

log

The API Gateway execution log for the test authorizer request.

Type: String

policy

The JSON policy document returned by the Authorizer

Type: String

principalId

The principal identity returned by the Authorizer

Type: String

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

BadRequestException

The submitted request is not valid, for example, the input is incomplete or incorrect. See the accompanying error message for details.

HTTP Status Code: 400

NotFoundException

The requested resource is not found. Make sure that the request URI is correct.

HTTP Status Code: 404

TooManyRequestsException

The request has reached its throttling limit. Retry after the specified time period.

HTTP Status Code: 429

UnauthorizedException

The request is denied because the caller has insufficient permissions.

HTTP Status Code: 401